New York A 8987: Provides for early retirement without a pension reduction for certain disabled veterans

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A08987 Summary:

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Provides that a member of a public retirement system of the state who is a disabled veteran may retire without reduction of their retirement benefit upon their attainment of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of at least thirteen years of credited service in such retirement system.

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08/13/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8987

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 August 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing for early retirement without a pension reduction for certain
 disabled veterans

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new article 20-A to read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 20-A
 4 DISABLED VETERAN EARLY RETIREMENT
 5 Section 1005. Disabled veteran early retirement.
 6 § 1005. Disabled veteran early retirement. 1. Notwithstanding any law
 7 to the contrary, a member of a public retirement system of the state, as
 8 defined in subdivision twenty-three of section five hundred one of this
 9 chapter, who is a disabled veteran may retire without reduction of their
 10 retirement benefit upon their attainment of at least fifty-five years of
 11 age and completion of at least thirteen years of credited service in
 12 such retirement system. As used in this section, the term "disabled
 13 veteran" means a veteran who is certified by the United States veterans'
 14 administration or a military department as entitled to receive disabili-
 15 ty payments upon the certification of such veterans' administration or a
 16 military department for a service-connected disability incurred or
 17 aggravated by the veteran in the line of duty in the active military
 18 service of the United States, as defined in section one of the military
 19 law, and whose disability is in existence at the time of retirement. To
 20 be eligible under this section, a member must make application before
 21 the effective date of retirement. Such disability shall be deemed in
 22 existence at such time of retirement if the certificate shall state
 23 affirmatively that such veteran has been identified by such veterans'

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07976-02-5

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 1 administration as having one or more service-connected disabilities on a
 2 date prior to the date of retirement, the effective date of when such
 3 veteran became permanently disabled due to their service-connected disa-
 4 bilities, and that such service-connected disability is rated at sixty
 5 percentum or more.
 6 2. All costs for the early retirement of a member who is a disabled
 7 veteran pursuant to this section shall be paid by the state and all
 8 employers which participate in the retirement system from which such
 9 member retires.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 11 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 12 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 13 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 14 completed on or before such effective date.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would add a new Article 20-A to the Retirement and Social
 Security Law to allow an active member of the New York State Teachers'
 Retirement System who is a disabled veteran to retire upon the attain-
 ment of at least age 55 and completion of thirteen or more years of
 service credit without reduction to their benefit for early retirement
 provided such membe